Sept. 3 -- Consulting company International Data Corp. has released an evaluation of sustainability efforts by some of the largest mobile phone companies.

Sept. 3 -- The new rug adorning the president´s Oval Office was made in Michigan from sustainable materials including repurposed wool, according to the company that made the floor covering.

Sept. 3 -- Advanced Disposal Services Inc. is moving into a new state with the acquisition of Southland Sanitation LLC in South Carolina.

Sept. 3 -- Choice Environmental Services Inc., an independent waste collector based in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., is getting a $15 million investment from investment firm Penfund.

Sept. 3 -- IESI-BFC Ltd. is acquiring Central Texas Secure Shredding and its recycling facility in Pflugerville, Texas.

Sept. 3 -- Thermo Fluids Inc. is introducing a new division for industrial waste management, the Scottsdale, Ariz.-based company said.

Sept. 3 -- Funding for trash truck inspection is being increased in Pennsylvania for the coming year to "ensure waste haulers are obeying state laws," according to the state Department of Environmental Protection.

Sept. 2 -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is taking steps to place a former electronic components manufacturing facility in Asheville, N.C. on the National Priorities List of hazardous waste sites.

Sept. 2 -- Rewards-for-recycling program RecycleBank has expanded into Ann Arbor, Mich.

Sept. 2 -- Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., has asked the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to hold one of the hearings scheduled on new rules proposed to handle coal ash in Kingston.

Sept. 2 -- Casella Waste Systems Inc. of Rutland, Vt., says losses remained steady as income rose during the first quarter of the company´s fiscal year.

Spet. 2 -- Georgia Pacific Consumer Products is being penalized $4,800 for violating the company's wastewater discharge permit at its Wauna pulp and paper mill.

Sept. 2 -- Ameresco Inc., an energy company that includes landfill gas-to-energy projects, has completed the purchase of Quantum Engineering and Development Inc.

Sept. 1 -- California's plastic bag ban, which would have banned single-use plastic bags from retail outlets in the state, has failed in the state senate by a vote of 14-21.

Sept. 1 -- Covanta Energy´s Field Services North team has earned STAR status in the Occupational Safety and Health Administration´s Voluntary Protection Program.

Sept. 1 -- A new study shows that a proposed federal Maximum Achievable Control Technology rule for industrial boilers would cost almost 17,000 pulp and paper mill jobs, according to he American Forest & Paper Association.

Sept. 1 -- The Institution Recycling Network handled 414 tons of scrap electronics for the Massachusetts Higher Education Consortium in the first year of its contract, IRN said.

Sept. 1 -- Waste Management Inc. is expanding its organic recycling operations in a big way through the acquisition of Garick LLC, which brings more than a million tons of processing capacity.

Aug. 31 - A new company, based in Boca Raton, Fla., plans to build and operate a new oil recycling facility at the Port of Tampa.

Aug. 31 -- Federal environmental and transportation officials are proposing changes to new car fuel economy labels that would include providing a letter grade for a vehicles greenhouse gas and fuel economy performance.